Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[DagothGeas5]

Thank you for your service. pretend this is a salute

Unless it was joking, there actually is a salute emote ! It is close to and (look for or to find it easier )

[traxtan]

Thank you for your service. pretend this is a salute

Unless it was joking, there actually is a salute emote ! It is close to and (look for or to find it easier )

I looked for it 3 times I guess I'm blind.

[DagothGeas5]

Thank you for your service. pretend this is a salute

Unless it was joking, there actually is a salute emote ! It is close to and (look for or to find it easier )

I looked for it 3 times I guess I'm blind.

It may be the sunglasses XD
Truly though, I had no idea it was even a thing until I saw others use it and looked for it, it is no trouble

[traxtan]

Drawing and animating something this hideous is truly an art form, must have gone through hundreds of sensitivity artists and consultants.

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She's half white apparently but barely looks like it.

[rusty_shackleford]

She's half white apparently but barely looks like it.

libtards unaware that american blacks already have a rather high european ancestry, black+white is much closer to quadroon, not half

[traxtan]

Sorry I'm not into eugenics, I follow the one drop rule.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule

[rusty_shackleford]

Average non-mobile video game, especially for certain genres like strategy or RPGs without a focus on romance, probably have more men with color blindness in its potential customer pool than women total.

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These are the things I think about when a game has a selectable female protagonist with her own voiceovers, animations, etc., but if they even bothered to handle color blindness it's just some graphics filter.

[logincrash]

Average non-mobile video game, especially for certain genres like strategy or RPGs without a focus on romance, probably have more men with color blindness in its potential customer pool than women total.



These are the things I think about when a game has a selectable female protagonist with her own voiceovers, animations, etc., but if they even bothered to handle color blindness it's just some graphics filter.

That's because they think of "color blindness" as "not seeing race," which is a huge no-no and a racist mindset of ignoring the "lived experience" of "people" of "color."

[psychic_dream]

Words alone can't express how terrible Unreal Engine is—it's like a slop factory for game development. I’ve revisited a bunch of UE3 and UE4 games, and many have weird texture and pop-in issues. You can usually fix these by adjusting the texture pool settings in the engine’s config file. The thing is, the usage of this engine is so ubiquitous these days, and because it’s easy to use, many modern releases end up looking the same, with similar lighting and inefficient CPU/VRAM handling. Oh, and Mass Effect's head model for male Shepard looks like the one for common mob enemies in Batman Arkham Asylum and Fenix from Gears of War. now I can’t unsee it.

[logincrash]

Oh, and Mass Effect's head model for male Shepard looks like the one for common mob enemies in Batman Arkham Asylum and Fenix from Gears of War. now I can’t unsee it.

Are you talking about the customizable one or the default Sheploo face based off of the Dutch male model?

[Finarfin]

Shepard does not look like Marcus Fenix nor the goons from the first Arkham game. ***** is tripping.

[Finarfin]

So far she is not as obnoxious as other negro characters. One cringy scene where they are packing their stuff because of the Hurricane (They danced and sang for a few seconds, because black people I guess?) Environment graphics are nice, Models are fine too, they are stylized like the Sea of Thieves ones but I guess less ugly except for Hazel. Animations are nice too and have a stop motion effect going on (Cutscenes are fixed but if you want smooth animations during gameplay, you can disable it) And Hazel doesn't comment everything that is happening (First time removing stigma, the stuff that causes the environment to grow flesh and tendrils, she just looks around in awe and then continues on, Forspoken would've made Hazel go "DID I JUST DO THAT? I DID NOT JUST DO THAT, I JUST REMOVED STIGMA WITH MY HOOKS" )

[traxtan]

Is "stigma" an allegory for racism

[Finarfin]

Not that I know of. It's just some weird orb floating above some fountain like thing? Kinda like the Oblivion Blood Fountains-
Racism didn't appear in an overt way except I guess that her father is white and his family did not approve of him marrying a black woman. Hazels white grandmother is still alive and lives close by in a mansion but they are estranged.
Hazel did say "huh, rich peoples homes" because of a hidden room.

[1998]

Drawing and animating something this hideous is truly an art form, must have gone through hundreds of sensitivity artists and consultants.


She's half white apparently but barely looks like it.

Wtf is wrong with her ear?

[psychic_dream]

Oh, and Mass Effect's head model for male Shepard looks like the one for common mob enemies in Batman Arkham Asylum and Fenix from Gears of War. now I can’t unsee it.

Are you talking about the customizable one or the default Sheploo face based off of the Dutch male model?

Yes, I'm referring to the default option for male Shepard.

Shepard does not look like Marcus Fenix nor the goons from the first Arkham game. ***** is tripping.

He absolutely does. Just look at this MF, buzzcut, stubble, and that expression, as if he just woke up from a heavy blackout. The infamous guy has comparable facial traits too. As much as I enjoy dunking on modern game design sensibilities, I’m glad we’ve moved past the era when so many AAA protagonists had the same look for years.

[Tangerine]

I’m glad we’ve moved past the era when so many AAA protagonists had the same look for years.

This is a classic example of the monkey's paw.

[Valter]

Just added most of my want-to-play-eventually games on How Long To Beat and...

Time to Beat All
85 Days 11 Hours

This is the **** that's gonna push people to make time machines.

[logincrash]

Oh, and Mass Effect's head model for male Shepard looks like the one for common mob enemies in Batman Arkham Asylum and Fenix from Gears of War. now I can’t unsee it.

Are you talking about the customizable one or the default Sheploo face based off of the Dutch male model?

Yes, I'm referring to the default option for male Shepard.

Shepard does not look like Marcus Fenix nor the goons from the first Arkham game. ***** is tripping.

He absolutely does. Just look at this MF, buzzcut, stubble, and that expression, as if he just woke up from a heavy blackout. The infamous guy has comparable facial traits too. As much as I enjoy dunking on modern game design sensibilities, I’m glad we’ve moved past the era when so many AAA protagonists had the same look for years.

You're either non-white or autistic if you think default Shepard looks like Marcus Fenix.

[Oyster Sauce]

Oh, and Mass Effect's head model for male Shepard looks like the one for common mob enemies in Batman Arkham Asylum and Fenix from Gears of War. now I can’t unsee it.

Are you talking about the customizable one or the default Sheploo face based off of the Dutch male model?

Yes, I'm referring to the default option for male Shepard.

Shepard does not look like Marcus Fenix nor the goons from the first Arkham game. ***** is tripping.

He absolutely does. Just look at this MF, buzzcut, stubble, and that expression, as if he just woke up from a heavy blackout. The infamous guy has comparable facial traits too. As much as I enjoy dunking on modern game design sensibilities, I’m glad we’ve moved past the era when so many AAA protagonists had the same look for years.

Brown

[psychic_dream]

You're either non-white or autistic if you think default Shepard looks like Marcus Fenix.
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Brown
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not sure what my racial background has to do with this, but whatever floats your boat. My point is, having the main male lead look hyper rugged, with a buzzcut and stoic demeanor, was a pretty common trend in the late 00s. It's clear that game companies were targeting the dudebro crowd with characters like that.

[rusty_shackleford]

game companies were targeting the people who play videogames, here is why that is bad

[rusty_shackleford]

je suis dudebro

I won't let anything bad be said about them

[Oyster Sauce]

Hey guys, it's me, Commander Shepard!

[Tangerine]

Hey guys, it's me, Commander Shepard!

The resemblance is uncanny.

[traxtan]

TAKE ME BACK!!!!

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[traxtan]

Anyone who is against this archetype is a ****** and hates video games btw.

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[LemonDemonGirl]

>Bwonsamdi's VA voices a Saint's Row character
Still not playing it.

[Vergil]

TAKE ME BACK!!!!

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Oh boy can't imagine why

[Stack of Turtles]

Anyone who is against this archetype is a ****** and hates video games btw.

The second guy looks a little Ukrainian or something gay like that.